Liezel Pheiffer Blignaut

Liezel founded HCBsolutions in 2001 after 10 years in key HR/OD roles at listed companies in four different industries. 

Her intentions from the establishment was that it will be a solutions-driven company, geared towards the future world of work in how associates purpose-align and contribute their significant experience (mostly from prior corporate roles).

Liezel’s passion has always been to contribute towards, and directly impact improvement and growth. 

She creates customised and globally-relevant solutions, and is a protagonist, entrepreneur, a solutions architect, and someone who thinks differently and is fluid in what and where she contributes. She has a proven track record demonstrating depth and width of her contributions and impact.

Liezel has 32 years of extensive and hands-on experience in custom-design and implementation of numerous and a variety of initiatives across industries, countries, levels and functions across organisations. In all her roles, she was tasked to improve existing or implement new departments, functions, roles, systems or processes. 

Her experience covers Organisational, Business, Team and People Development; Change & Transformation; Marketing; Legal; Commercial; Finance; Project Management; ICT; Corporate Governance; HR.

Liezel is regarded as a thought leader on the value-adding role of HR and leadership.

She developed the HRvalue Report^™ to meet a global need for HR reinvention and improvement, a focussed internal HR strategy, and  much-needed dialogue between HR and leadership about the value-adding strategic role of the HR function and the role of leadership. 

She is also the developer of Texit^™ (outsourced online talent exit feedback) and workplaceX^™ (workplace experience and culture feedback) that meet a need for objective and meaningful data-driven talent insights.

Liezel is a highly experienced strategy and OD consultant, workshop and team facilitator, and executive and leadership coach.

She has published articles, presented at conferences, been interviewed on radio, and since 2020 facilitated regular virtual Think Tanks (now called ‘Workplaces in Transition Izindaba‘).

Experience: 10 years in large listed companies, and 23 years consulting.

Industries & countries: Experience across 15 industries. Live(d) in South Africa and Qatar, and worked with clients across 5 continents.

Qualifications: B. Comm (Cum Laude), B Comm (Honours), and M. Comm (specialising in HR, OD, Industrial Organisational Psychology).

Board Member: Non-executive Board: Empowervate (2020 – present). Chairman of the Board of Directors: Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve ( 2020 – 2024). 

Past Advisory Boards: Department of HR Management, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (University of Pretoria), HR Think Tank (KR & Institute of Futures Research).

Professional Registrations: Master HR Professional: Organisational Development (SABPP).  SABPP Mentor (by invitation only). Past Industrial Psychologist (HPCSA).

Professional Membership: Institute of Directors of Southern Africa.

Certifications: People Acuity (Thrivin): Facilitator from Interdependence, workshop & program facilitator, Certified People Acuity Guide (CPAG). NLP Practitioner (American Board of NLP).

Primary Strengths Contributions (according to StrengthsMultiplier^™): Attainer, Principled, Organizer, Differentiator, Articulate, Visionary, Inventive.

Liezel loves diversity, progress and to explore the world and its people. She has travelled and still want to explore more of the world and its people than the 44 countries she has been to.